Play suit



H. [SKINv Jan, 6, 1931;

PLAY SUIT Filed July 10, 1928 ENTOR m Herman Patented lan. 6, 1931UNITED STATES PATENT o FicB HERMAN ISIK IN, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA PLAY sin-r Application filed July 10, 192 ser l no.291,679. I

This invention relates to clothing, and its chief object is to provide acow-boy playsuit in which both the trousers and the chaps, usuallyseparately included in such an outw fit, will be constituted by a singleunitary garof the chaps, but which will engage with the I drop seat andfasten thereover only'in the back; thereby permitting, among other ad.-vantages, a full back-opening by a simple, quick manipulation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cowboy-suit of thisnature which Will have but one, simple, unitary device for holding upboth the chaps and the trousers part of the garment, and the drop-seatpart as Well.

I A particular object of the invention is to provide a chaps andtrousers outfit which can be made with no more stitching and requiringbut little more cloth than ordinary overall trousers, to thereby lowerconsiderably the price of play suits.

My improved garment is shown in the accompanying drawings, and will bedescribed in detail hereinafter, but is limited in its em bodiments onlyby the scope of the subjoined claim. I

In these drawings:

Fig. l is a front View of the garment, un-- 7 to the garment only atthat point, and in ad dition to holding up the garment, forms a fastened40 Fig. 2 is a rear View thereof;

Fig. 3 is a rear View, showing the drop seat down and the suspending orholding means unfastened, and

F ig. 4c is a detail of the suspending or hold- 46 ing means with theseat up.

Referring now more in detail to the invention by means of the drawings,the garment comprises a strip or piece 1 made to cover the front of thelegs, extending partway into 50 the crotch, and all the Way up-to thewaist in the front only, and made of any suitable wear-resisting"material which resembles leather, animal skins, or the like, such asprocessed plush." Flaps 1 are formed'byattaching a stiff strip ofimitation leather, oil cloth or the like, to further enhance thechapslike appearance of the garment by providing a semblance of theleg-guards' of'regular h I r" w The entire back of the legs and the'seatis preferably formed of a singlela'r'ge piece of khaki cloth, orth elike, 2 extending from Waist to the cuff ofthe garment, and forming aseat integral with the backof the legs.

' The garment, though unitary in its nature, and having a complete,-full backthus, nevertheless presents the appearance of a regular serviceoutfit consistin'gof separate leather or fur chaps worn in the regularmanner over cloth trousers. i I

The back of the'garm'ent is made separate from the front, at thesides,,downlto the points 10, as shown, and this separate portion is formedinto a fullback drop seat 11. I

-The-presence of this formation, however, 7 is discernible only bythegaps'in the sides where the back joins the front, and these gaps may bekept closed by suitable snap-fasteners or the like, 14. The chaps effectis not impaired or interfered with in any way by this construction andarrangement of the drop seat, and the drop seat can be manipulatedeasily and quickly to give a full rear opening. c

To hold up the garment, and to complete the similitude of chaps overtrousers, a strap of leather or the like, 5, is formed in the front ofthe waist of the garment and is attached reinforcement for the frontupper edge of the garment.

' This member is formed at one side into a tongue-extension .6, of aconsiderable length, and having a buckle 7 or the like fastened on itsend. This extension is made long enough to reach around at least to themiddle of the back. The other side of the strip 5 is extended in theopposite direction a length 8 sufiicient to at least reach the part 6,and this extension 8 has suitable buckle holes 9 or the like therein toengage with the buckle on the other extension.

The drop-seat 11, at its upper edge, in the Waist, has belt-loops orkeepers 13 formed thereon, and the drop-seat is held up by passingtherstrap filsthrough itsiloops13,.passing 3 ner as to permit of a fullrear opening,--butf at the same time to holdrup thewentire.gar, v15

the strapx8cthrouglritsloopsily and buckling the two extensions 6 and 8of the front-attached belt together in the back over the drop seat, tothereby notoniy h'old up"the-drop seat against the Waist,and in such amanment suspended from the Waist and to maintainboth front/and rearsmooth and neat.

This. device can be readily and quickly buckled and unbuckled, anditheseat will thendrop down.v fully; and thus, though the garmentisio-allappearances and efiects a,

pair. ofr'fullesizerregular chaps over trousers,

' it is notWith-standing pa-rticularly Well adapt ed tobe readilymanipulated by children in a hurry and is withal a cheap and simple butunitary and. durable single-garment play suit.

A cowboyiplaygarmentcomprising a front Y piece ofi'materialzofrthee kindused :for chaps and rear piece-of material-30f thekind used fortrousers; piecesof. material extending from the outside of 'bothlegsand. forming flaps; a belt: around theewaist portion of said. garment,wider in front; and permanently fastened tosaid front piece,"bel-tloopson said rear piece adapted to receive saidf belt and I a dropseat in. saidrea-r piece: adapted to be supported by said beltz and beltloops and" fastened tosaid front' 'teners alongthe.sides.-

In testimony whereofli-aifix my signature.

HERMANRISKINLV portion by snap fase

